Re: [Help-bash] ${var:?message} customization

[Dan Douglas]

On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 7:23 AM, Greg Wooledge <address@hidden> wrote:
> (That's all using POSIX sh syntax.  Recent versions of bash have a
> "test -v" command, but I don't think it adds much utility.)

test -v comes from ksh. I used to think it was necessary because
testing whether an element of an array or compound variable is set
isn't as simple as testing whether the zeroth element is set as in
bash, because an array or compound var may contain an array or other
type whose "setness" is independent of its container. However I don't
know offhand of a case where it differs from ${var+word}. You have to
admit it's generally easier to understand when there's a dedicated way
to test.